2023 was pretty full! My first album I Don’t Know What I’m Doing turned twenty years old(!) and we dusted off the full live band for our first shows since 2019. We played an anniversary show and it was a blast to meet a lot of you there, I can’t believe how many people travelled from far away. I don’t really tour so it’s very sweet when you come visit me and it was a pretty special night. For those who didn’t make it, Ben & I did a decent number of live stream shows on YouTube and it was awesome to see you in the chat (next one is January 25th btw).

I kept plugging away at making songs for the Brad Sucks Patreon, which is my favorite thing to be doing these days. Thanks to everyone who supports me there, it means a ton and has really helped keep me moving forward. 

2024 should be similarly busy — one of my songs is apparently going to be in a fancy commercial and I announced the campaign for my Untitled Fifth Album which is just about half-funded. So if that’s successful, finishing the new record should take up most of my time when I’m not writing & recording new songs. Here’s hoping!

Anyway, here’s some of the stuff I made or did this year:

PUBLIC

• SONG: The Comfort Zone (youtube, bandcamp, spotify etc)

• SONG: Lotion (Greenskeepers cover re-record) (youtube, patreon)

• SONG: Cell Phone (youtube, patreon)

• SONG: Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (2003 demo) (youtube, patreon)

• SONGS: I Don’t Know What I’m Doing (instrumentals) (youtube)

• POST: All the Brad Sucks tattoos I’ve been sent (instagram)

• VIDEO: Untitled Fifth Album Demos (youtube)

• VIDEO: AI Grimes singing Making Me Nervous (youtube)

• VIDEO: Bee & PuppyCat Dad Box Birthday Song (youtube)

• CASSETTE: Loss Leader (bandcamp)

• FILM: A Brad Sucks song is in the drag-fu film Enter the Drag Dragon and I went to the premiere (instagram)

PATREON

• SONG: Pink Cloud (patreon)

• SONG: Killed by the Very Best (patreon)

• SONG: In Trouble (Extended) (patreon)

• SONG: Mellow Me Nervous (patreon)

• SONG: Naturally (patreon)

• SONG: Banged Up / Mint Condition (patreon)

• SONG: Banged Up / Mint Condition (acoustic version) (patreon)

• SONG: The Motivation (original 2013 demo) (patreon)

• SONG: Simplifyin (2009 demo) (patreon)

• SONG: Certain Types of People (2008 demo) (patreon)

• REMIX: Virg - Secret (patreon)

LIVE

• IRL: Bad Attraction (Live, August 26th, 2023) (youtube)

• IRL: In Trouble (Live, August 26th, 2023) (youtube)

• Stream Clip: The Comfort Zone (April 27th, 2023) (youtube)

• Stream: December 21st, 2023 (youtube)

• Stream: November 23rd, 2023 (youtube)

• Stream: August 31st, 2023 (youtube)

• Stream: July 27th, 2023 (youtube)

• Stream: May 25th, 2023 (youtube)

• Stream: April 27th, 2023 (youtube)

• Stream: March 23rd, 2023 (youtube)

• Stream: February 16th, 2023 (youtube)

I think that’s it! Thank you! My links: web, patreon, instagram, threads, mastodon, facebook, discord ✌️❤️ — Brad

2022! Not my favourite year but the competition hasn’t exactly been stiff lately. Thanks for being along for the ride! All your likes and shares and comments mean a ton to me. And of course special thanks to all the Brad Sucks Patrons: your support each month reminds me to keep at it even though why bother doing anything ever am I right.

In 2023 the plan is to finish and release a lot of the Patreon songs I’ve been working on and try to force people to listen to and share them. Next year is also the 20th anniversary of my first album I Don’t Know What I’m Doing so I’m hoping to do some fun stuff for that. Also artificial intelligence will replace songwriters and musicians soon so that’ll be relaxing. 

Gonna try and chill till the new year I think and then get back at it. Here’s a list of some of the stuff I put out or was involved with this year:

PUBLIC

• VINYL: Guess Who’s a Mess on vinyl (shop link)

• SHIRT: Fun Guy t-shirts (shop link)

• SONG: Too Sick to Love but Too Well to Die (youtube link)

• SONG: Pepper (cover) (youtube link)

• SONG: Lotion (cover) (youtube link)

• SONG: Fuck You, Motherfucker (It's Christmas) (2022 Version) (youtube link) 

• VIDEO: Brad Sucks - Making Me Nervous (Live on The LightTwist Show) (youtube link)

• VIDEO: Brad Sucks Live Stream: January 27th (youtube link)

• VIDEO: Brad Sucks Live Stream: September 22nd (youtube link)

• VIDEO: Brad Sucks Live Stream: November 3rd (youtube link)

• TV: I have a song in Bee & PuppyCat on Netflix (link)

• GAME: I did sound design for VargaVinter (instagram link) (game link)

• REMIXED: Dirtbag (SOMMERS UK Remix) (link)

PATREON $3+

• SONG: This Meeting (2022 demo) (patreon link)

• SONG: Nature is Healing (demo) (patreon link)

• SONG: The Answer (demo)  (patreon link)

• SONG: Video Games (Lana Del Rey cover) (patreon link)

• SONG: Killing It (demo) (patreon link)

• SONG: 80s Western Rock Commission (patreon link)

PATREON $10+

• I Command You to Be My Woman + Incomplete Animated Video (patreon link)

• Making Me Nervous (early demo) (patreon link)

• How to Not Kill Yourself (early demo) (patreon link)

• Talent (demo)  (patreon link)

• The Answer (early demo) (patreon link)

• In Trouble lyric brainstorming (patreon link)

• All album instrumentals (patreon link)

I think that’s it until next year, thank you again! My links: web, patreon, instagram, tiktok, spotify, twitter, facebook, discord ✌️❤️ — Brad

The last half of 2013 was a lot better than the first half. But I did spend a lot of time working on getting better musically and cranking out demos, so that's good. I was really in a slump there for a few years, it was impressive, how does that shit happen? Hopefully no more. Thanks for your patience. So I'm looking forward to a musically productive 2014, movin' on into the future, taking more chances, being a person who does things again.

To celebrate, here's a video Eddie Utah did for Making Me Nervous with a GoPro camera:

I hope you're all doing great. I know blogging and RSS sort of died this year, but you can also find me on Facebook and Twitter and Soundcloud and maybe Tumblr sometimes? There's also a mailing list.